During the review meeting of the Education Department and PM Nutrition or Midday Meal Scheme Chaired by Ranchi Deputy Commissioner (DC), Rahul Kumar, on Saturday Sinha gave several instructions to the concerned officer regarding the timely collection and distribution of rice for the mid-day meal.
In the meeting, District Education Superintendent Ranchi, Mithlesh Kerketta, all Block Education Extension Officers of Ranchi district, all Block Program Officers of Ranchi district, Nodal Officer MDM, Rahmat Ali, Assistant Program Officer Jharkhand Education Project Ranchi, Ashish Kumar and all other concerned officials attended the meeting.
Sinha, while discussing the Harsh Johar Scheme, said that it is very important to give children not only moral education but also how to study in a stress-free environment. “This will help children concentrate on studies due to which children will be successful in learning through sports instead of considering studies as a burden. You should be aware that there is now a plan to impart education in sports to the children studying in Government schools of Jharkhand. The State Government has started a Harsh Johar course. Through Harsh Johar, children will be given not only moral education but also methods on how to study in a stress-free environment. At present, it is starting from the school of excellence where there will be a period for 45 minutes every day for children. However, children can be de-stressed by having 10 minutes of fun in between the study of each subject,” he added.
The DC expressed his displeasure over the progress of e-VidyaVahini in Khalari, Lapung, Nagdi, Ranchi Sadar, Ormanjhi and said that it is being updated in e-VidyaVahini within 15 days and he also said make sure to get it done. While taking information about teacher attendance, he gave instructions to the concerned officer and said that it is mandatory for all teachers to make biometric attendance. Instructions were given to the concerned officer to take action against the teachers who do not make biometric attendance and to seek explanation from them and after taking information from the concerned officer, Deputy Commissioner Ranchi asked how many salaries/honorarium have been stopped till now.
Sinha also took information about student attendance and asked to ensure that it is updated in e-VidyaVahini. Bank account verification of 19 per cent children of the district has been completed so far. In which bank verification of Namkum, Chanho, Ormanjhi, Tamad, Rahe blocks has been found to be much less than the average. On which he while giving instructions to complete all the data related to e-Vidya Vahini within 15 days, said that the Block Education Extension Officer will closely monitor it.
The DC after taking detailed information about the status of free text book distribution, directed the concerned officer to update the text book data in e-Vidya Vahini. He directed the School Management Committee and the Block Education Extension Officer to complete the work by setting a time limit for providing uniforms for the children of first class and second class.
Sinha, while reviewing the FLN Program (Nipun Bharat), directed CRP and BRP to monitor and utilize the work book, kit and Nupur book provided under the FLN programme. He reviewed the training and school development plan of the School Management Committee and directed to update it.
The DC, while discussing the efforts and Project Rail program in detail, found that 54 per cent of the children in Project Rail were present in the assessment. For which he instructed the concerned officer to increase it further and while reviewing the Assistant Teacher, Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School, ICT, gave many necessary guidelines to the concerned officer. While reviewing the school health program, he directed the concerned officer to implement it intensively in the schools. This program is conducted wherever classes from class-6 onwards are taught. It has 16 models. He asked all the schools to install question boxes.